#FBNQuest Promotes #Financial Literacy to Secure Your Future

FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, recently held its financial literacy and enlightenment session to commemorate the 2024 Global Money Week, and as part of the organisation’s Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) activities. This year’s Global Money Week was themed “ProtectYourMoney,SecureYourFuture”toraiseawarenessamongyoungergenerationsabout savings culture, investment, and financial discipline.
Topromotefinancialliteracy,FBNQuestemployeesvolunteeredtoteachandinteractwithpupils, providing insights and techniques on the importance of developing a savings culture from the money given to them by their parents, guardians, and family members. This will ensure preparedness to capitalise on investment opportunities, promoting a proactive approach to future growth and prosperity.
During the financial enlightenment session with the students, the Chief Financial Officer at FBNQuest Merchant Bank,Olamide Adeosun, emphasized that planning for the future requires self-discipline,commitment,anddeliberateefforttoachievedesiredoutcomes.Asyoungadults, itisimperativetohaveasoundknowledgeofsavingsandinvestmentstoraiseconsciousness on howto growtheir money in asafe and sustainable mannertomeettheirfuturefinancial needs.
Shestatedtheneedtoeducateyoungadultsonthesmartstepstheycantaketohavetheirmoney protected and secured for the future.
The organization continues to show its commitment to improving and deepening the financial knowledge of Nigerian children through its support of Global Money Week. Through the employee volunteering initiative, FBNQuest employees have trained over 400 students on the importance ofFinancial Literacy. The schools visited spanned across Lagos, Abuja, and Rivers states, and representatives shed more light on having clear and specific goals to guide financial decisions.These were communicated usingsimple, relatable illustrations,making it easy for the studentstounderstandtheimportanceofcultivatingthehabitofputtingmoneyawaytosecure their future goals.

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AboutFBNQuest
FBNQuest is the unified brand identity for the Merchant Banking and Asset Management businesses of FBN Holdings Plc and part of the strong heritage of one of the leading financial servicegroupsinsub-SaharanAfrica.Overthepasttenyears,wehavegrownfromaninvestment bankingboutiquetoafull-serviceinvestmentbankandassetmanagementgroup thatdeliversa

widerangeoffinancialservicesthroughvariousbusinesses–CorporateandInvestmentBanking, Investment Management (Asset Management, Alternative Investments, Agency Services and Trustees) and Institutional Securities(Structured Products, Fixed Income,Currencies &Treasury and Equities).
All FBNQuest companies share a common vision, set of values, brand identity and culture, built on hiring and nurturing the best talent and following the best practices and processes.
At FBNQuest, we are committed to providing innovative banking solutions for our diverse customerbase,includingcorporateorganisations,governments,institutionalinvestors,financial institutions, affluent and high net-worth individuals. We offer a broad range of solutions to our clientsthroughourvariousbusinesses.WearrangefinancethroughtheBankand capitalmarkets, provide strategic advice, trade/broker securities across asset classes, develop investment solutions, secure assets and ensure wealth creation and preservation.